Basolateral to Central Amygdala Neural Circuits for Appetitive Behaviors
Basolateral to Central Amygdala Neural Circuits for Appetitive Behaviors. In this study, Kim and Zhang et al. dissect a genetically defined circuit for appetitive behaviors from the basolateral amygda...
Drosophila CNS Glutamate Receptors Break the Rules
Using structural and electrophysiological techniques Li, Dharkar et al. find that Drosophila CNS glutamate receptors have unexpected ligand selectivity. The kainate receptor DKaiR1D is inhibited by NM...
Streptomyces Exploration / Trends in Microbiology July 2017 (Vol. 25 Issue 7)
Streptomyces Exploration / Trends in Microbiology (Vol. 25 Issue 7) In this video and the accompanying review in Trends in Microbiology, Stephanie Jones and Marie Elliot examine a newly discovered typ...
Synaptic Competition Shapes Neuronal Dendrites. Intra-neuronal Competition for Synaptic Partners Conserves the Amount of Dendritic Building Material. Brain development requires correct targeting of mu...
Andres Hidalgo and colleagues discover that the clearance of aged neutrophils from the circulation by macrophages in the bone marrow is coupled to the systemic egress of hematopoietic precursors from ...
Video Abstract: "Species Delimitation and Global Biosecurity"
In this video abstract, Dr Laura Boykin speaks about her article "Species Delimitation and Global Biosecurity", recently published in Evolutionary Bioinformatics. This is an open access arti...
Hearing in a Jumping Spider/ Curr. Biol., Oct. 13, 2016 (Vol. 26, Issue 21)
Hearing in a Jumping Spider/ Curr. Biol., Oct. 13, 2016 (Vol. 26, Issue 21) - Jumping spiders (Salticidae) are famous for their visually driven behaviors [ 1 ]. Here, however, we present behavioral an...
Establishing Motor Neuron Topology - Locomotion depends on the establishment of specific connections between motor neurons and muscle. In this video abstract, Jeremy Dasen and colleagues take you on a...